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im not sure whats wrong with my jacksons chameleon but hes acting very very weird. i just home i swear he was dead. he was pale and very cold. i poked him like 5 times then his eyes opened and then i tried to pick him up to get a better look cause i was really worried and then for the first time ever he tried to bite me then he turned pitch black. someone please tell me. his temps and humidity are all at a good temp but i just dont know. i just recently took out all the moss carpeting at the bottom of his cage and thats the only recent change ive made to his cage. any answers???

We don't have nearly enough info to help you! We need specifics on your setup, humidity, temps, what you feed, gutload with, dust with, how often, where you got this cham, age, how long you've had it, brands of lighting, etc. There are so many things that could be wrong I don't know where to start without more info up front. Some basics...chams will feel cool to the touch unless they have been basking recently, so that is not necessarily wrong. If the cham itself is too cold it should be dark brownish colored, not green. Eyes shut during the day is a bad sign, but there could be infections, stress, too much handling, dehydration, all sorts of things going on. Help us elimiate the list, OK?